kalle

From Middle High German kallen, from Old High German kallōn, northern variant of challōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną. Compare Limburgish kalle, Dutch kallen, English call, Old Norse kalla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalə/
• (Kirchröadsj) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.lə/

kalle (third-person singular present kallt or kalt, past tense kallte or kallet, past participle jekallt or jekald)

1. (chiefly Ripuarian, including Kirchröadsj) to speak; to talk; to chat

   Mer kalle, wie us de Schnüss jewahßen es.

   We speak the way our mouths have grown (i.e. in our native dialect).

2. (Kirchröadsj, obsolete) to call
3. (Kirchröadsj, obsolete) to give a name to

• The forms kallt, jekallt are Ripuarian; kalt, jekald are exclusively Kirchröadsj.
• The present participle forms are restricted to Kirchröadsj.

• moele (Kirchröadsj)
• sprääche (now often preferred under standard German influence)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlə/

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• Hyphenation: kal‧le
• Rhymes: -ɑlə

From Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”). A relation with the verb kallen (“to chatter”, compare etymology 2 hereunder), claimed in some popular-scientific resources, exists at most through secondary association. Compare German Kalle.

kalle f (plural kalles or kallen, diminutive kalletje n)

1. (Bargoens, dated slang) girl; lover; whore

kalle

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of kallen

kalle

1. indefinite dative singular of kall

From Middle Dutch callen, from Old Dutch *kallon, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.lə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈka.lə/
• Homophone: Kalle
• Hyphenation: kal‧le
• Rhymes: -ɑlə, -alə

kalle

1. (widespread variant) to talk, to speak, to chat
2. (widespread variant, obsolete) to call
3. (widespread variant, obsolete) to give a name to

• Kalle (“conversation”)

From Old Norse kalla.

kalle (imperative kall, present tense kaller, passive kalles, simple past kalte, past participle kalt, present participle kallende)

1. to call, name (give a name to)
2. to call, shout
3. to call somebody / something (e.g. a dog)

• “kalle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

kalle (present tense kallar, past tense kalla, past participle kalla, passive infinitive kallast, present participle kallande, imperative kalle/kall)

1. Alternative form of kalla

kalle

1. definite natural masculine singular of kall

Probably from Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”), whence at any rate German Kalle and Dutch kalle, both “girl, lover, whore”.

kalle f

1. despicable or disagreeable person, typically a woman
2. stupid person

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